linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rcu: Allow to eliminate softirq processing from rcutree

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Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:32:19 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rcu: Allow to eliminate softirq processing from
 rcutree

On 2019-03-19 12:44:19 [+0100], To Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 0f31b79eb6761..0a719f726e149 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
…
> +/*
> + * Spawn per-CPU RCU core processing kthreads.
> + */
> +static int __init rcu_spawn_core_kthreads(void)
> +{
> +	int cpu;
> +
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> +		per_cpu(rcu_data.rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && !rcu_softirq_enabled)

and this needs to become
-       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && !rcu_softirq_enabled)
+       if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && rcu_softirq_enabled)

With this change and hunk that I just sent to Joel I get thee three RCU
modes with and without BOOST booted.

Unless there is something (and Paul agrees that the Joel hunk is
correct) I would post a v3 with those changes included.

> +		return 0;
> +	WARN_ONCE(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&rcu_cpu_thread_spec), "%s: Could not start rcub kthread, OOM is now expected behavior\n", __func__);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_initcall(rcu_spawn_core_kthreads);

Sebastian